Description of project

The Prahova valley (Câmpina – Sinaia – Predeal) is an important link between two main regions of Romania (Bucharest and Transylvania). It has also a significant tourism role as mountain resort. However, the valley is very narrow, having steep slopes in the immediate neighborhood of the railway.

From Câmpina at 460 m above sea level the railway climbs to Predeal at 1 032 m, which is the highest point on the Romanian railway network The railway track is winding, with small radius curves, and a substantial number of bridges and culverts, various railway reinforcement works and protection works against erosion from the Prahova river.

The present traffic capacity of Bucharest – Braşov line is 296 trains/ day for the two directions of circulation (148 pairs of trains), which makes the Câmpina – Predeal section one of the most busy and overloaded lines of the Romanian railway network.

This project concerns the rehabilitation and upgrading of the railway between Câmpina and Predeal in Romania. This railway section is part of the railway line between Bucharest and Braşov, and part of the Trans-European Transport Corridor IV.